What Is the Gold Standard: Subjective or Objective Refraction?
A Practical and Complementary Approach to the Gold Standard of Subjective Refraction– Wavefront Refraction We recently held a webinar with optometrist Dr. Tihomira on how to incorporate telemedicine into your optometry practice. Dr. Tihomira is a...
How to Grow Your Business with Portable Autorefractors
How to Grow Your Business with Portable Autorefractors We recently held a webinar on how an advanced autorefractor can grow your business. Smart Vision Labs’ CEO and inventor of the SVOne technology, Yaopeng Zhou, touched upon a range of topics from the...
Shopping for an Autorefractor?
Tips on How to Select an Autorefractor When it comes to conducting vision exams, and specifically measuring just how much your patients’ eyes need to be corrected, an autorefractor is the optimal tool to measure the refractive error of the eye. There...
Autorefractors in the Clinic and Beyond
Taking Autorefractors Beyond The Clinic According to the WHO, 246 million people around the world have low vision. 90% of those people happen to live in developing nations and in other low-income situations. Now absorb another statistic: 700 million...
How to Safely View the Solar Eclipse
Quite Literally “Blinded by the Light” Remember growing up when you would always be told to never look directly at the sun without wearing sunglasses? Well, I hope you listened to that advice. There are endless studies proving that eye exposure to...
Four Factors to a Successful Enterprise Technology Implementation
Something that is revolutionary for the rest of the world may not necessarily be the best option for you or your organization. You may decide to buy a new machine to make better lenses, but it turns out it is not simple to use and the time wasted could...
The Essential Equipment Guide for a Modern Optometry Practice
Essential Equipment for a Modern Optometry Practice The modern optometry practice is one that has the latest technological advancements, provides the best quality service, and produces a very convenient customer experience at an affordable price. No...
A Successful School Year Begins with a Proper Vision Screening
For both parents and children, back-to-school season can be a bittersweet time of the year. Those peaceful end of July/August evenings blissfully leads you into the start of a brand new school year. But unfortunately, before you know it the first day of...
Breaking Down the Barriers to Vision Care
Breaking Down the Barriers to Vision Care This week, Smart Vision Labs launched a bilingual option to the telemedicine platform, with the addition of a Spanish version of the vision test. As we continue to expand and as the adoption of our platform...
For MLB Players, 20/20 Vision Just Isn’t Enough
The Elite Vision of Major League Baseball Players In the professional leagues, hitting a pitched baseball has been described as one of the most difficult tasks in any sport. A baseball, barely 3 inches in diameter, is pitched at speeds over 90 mph, taking...
Bridging the Gap Between Your Optical Store and Millennials
Bridging the Gap Between Your Optical Store and Millennials Yes, I did say Millennials. And yes, they are crucial to the success of any business. The preceding generations like to poke fun at the Millennials — as we’re supposedly wedded to our...
Telemedicine Is Not the Future: It’s the Present
Telemedicine Is Not the Future: It’s the Present If you ask most healthcare professionals about telemedicine, you’ll most likely receive a response indicating profound interest and support for these changes to the current healthcare system....